The BBC Wonderland documentary airs tonight, and so I think we can expect a trail of stories about virtual adultery to follow it. So rather than follow the herd, I thought I would highlight a story of Second Life doing some good.
This story from CBS news is about a woman in US who overcame her agrophobia through spending time in Second Life. By confronting her fears and doing things in the secure anonymity of Second Life, she has been able to do the same in the real world.
I hadn’t realised, but perhaps shouldn’t be surprised, that there are therapists working in SL, and this seems to have also been a big help to her.
The opportunities for education and therapy in Second Life are a bit underexplored so far, and do seem to offer some real benefits to some, as this story illustrates. It’s also a theme picked up by the Second Skin documentary I wrote about recently, the trailer for which is now live on their site.
So amongst all the stories that are bound to hit the mainstream press, certainly here in the UK, post Wonderland tonight, it’s good to reflect on some good news, whether that’s the benefits that people like Patricia Quig have found, or the charity fundraising of many groups, including No 7, for a whole range of real world charities from Breast Cancer Care to saving local monuments.
As with the web, Second Life holds a full range of human activity, not all of which I guess makes great sensationalist headlines.
Tags: Breast Cancer Care, charity fundraising, No 7, Second Life, Second Skin, Virtual fundraising
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